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"Boss, the box office is 21.34 million US dollars, 21.34 million US dollars."

Lehman woke up early in the morning, and Blue Butterfly Pictures CEO Liam reported on the phone with excitement: "The first day of "The Fog" was released, the average attendance rate was 76%, and the word of mouth remained good."

Of course, Liam was excited for a reason.

Good box office is only one of them, and more importantly, he proved that under his management, Blue Butterfly Pictures can achieve North American distribution-although the promotion channel is still a big problem, at least it can not be.

This also shows that he does not have to worry about being fired suddenly.

After all, since he joined Lehman's camp, he hasn't gotten any shots. After these few months, the company's business development is still limited to the old foundation left behind. How can it not make people worry and worry.

And without results, it is impossible to secure the position of CEO, which he knew from the beginning.

Therefore, the release of "The Mist" is a test.Lyman thought so too.

At the box office of 20 million US dollars a day, it is still a thriller and horror movie, which has passed the standard.

Judging from this performance, Lehman thought: Liam can still bear the responsibility of publishing.

What's more, the box office performance of "The Mist" greatly reduced the living space of all works in the same period. "Rival of the People" directly cut the box office drop by nearly 40%, with a single-day output of 5.68 million US dollars.In short, a bit miserable.

Speaking of which, these two films actually have some inherent shortcomings. "The Mist" carries a bit of humanistic thinking, is not cool enough, and the subject matter is at a disadvantage. Many passers-by audiences don't want to see it-twenty years ahead, twenty years later In 2015, there was never a horror movie in Hollywood history that could win the annual box office championship, never.

What about "The Enemy of the People"?

The content is too old-fashioned and nothing new.

There are too many movies like this kind of comedy love movie with a yy nature.

The audience is a bit fatigued because of the serious homogeneity.

Speaking of it, the previous version of the soil can sell for 150 million, which is surprising.

Even Universal couldn't believe it. They made this movie with the overseas market, and as a result, the local government recovered the distribution cost.

This also proves Will Smith's market appeal, which is a good audience.

But in fact, at least 60% of the big sales of "Rivals of the People" are due to the schedule, because Warner's "Hell Star" is not expressive, and the entire February schedule is almost occupied by the "Rivals of the People" family. Can it not be at the box office?

But now that the audience has other choices, the diversion phenomenon is more prominent, which is also the biggest factor in the decline in the box office of "Rival of the People".

But after the release, "the fog" stepping on "Hitch" mad beat, but even so, "Hitch" is still a box office runner-up, Universal it, feel okay - they could have predicted the market is earn , But the possibility of a big explosion is unlikely.

This performance is in their understanding.

Until the end of the weekend, three days later, "The Mist" accumulated a total of 63.25 million US dollars in the first week, and "The Enemy of the People" was 36.22 million.

From the data point of view, it is almost crushed.However, "Rivals of the People" was screened for more than a week, and the time cannot be completely compared. People have already eaten up the most bonus. It can only be said that the box office continuity has not been maintained.

"Los Angeles Express" commented: "The highly anticipated new work "The Fog" directed by Lehmann, undoubtedly won the box office championship next week, and once again proved that he played any subject matter as if unexpectedly good."

"Let’s take a closer look at the past works of Lehman’s directors. The wide range of genres and the high level of control can not help but remind people of another director, Spielberg. The road is smoother and smoother, which makes people can't help asking: how did his director ability come from?"-"Hollywood Observer".

"... Obviously, "The Mist" will dominate the February schedule. Judging from the data disclosed by the theater, there is no threat to the opponent. Last week's weekly box office champion "Nationwide Love Enemy" has been far exceeded ."

"According to the survey data released by Blue Butterfly Pictures, the audience's evaluation of "The Mist" is quite positive. In a random field interview with 1,000 people, more than 700 people gave a score and more than 100 people gave b , The remaining less than 200 people have some opinions and don't agree..."

After the film was released, Blue Butterfly Pictures did not give up its guidance on publicity. Moreover, the performance was good, which also means that the news of "Mist" in the next period of time naturally represents the value of traffic, but it needs to increase its promotion.

However, these trivial matters were temporarily left behind by Lehman, because Scott Rose has reached an agreement with the board of shareholders to welcome Lehman's investment.

After communicating with negotiators several times, Lehman officially spent more than 120 million to acquire 37% of the shares in the digital field. The former second shareholder Scott Rose reduced his holdings by 8% and cashed out more than 23 million. , Holding only 7% in hand, continue to serve as CEO.

After getting the digital field, Lehman officially negotiated with Cameron.

It was at this time that Cameron announced that the digital field was about to change hands. Because of the disharmony with the board of directors, almost no one had discussed with him about Lehmann's move-in. It also shows how unpopular this servant is. At first, he strongly invited his friend Stan to join the digital field, but because he wanted to kick Scott aside, the proposal to replace the company's CEO directly fell out.

Of the three founders, both of them will quit.

However, from anger to anger, Cameron was more enthusiastic and expressed willingness to talk to Lehman.

After all, this product has restructured a special effects studio that serves him personally. It is also when he is burning money. Someone sends money. Why not?

After getting a positive answer, Lehman also began to prepare funds.

He didn't hesitate too much. The 200 million money he got with the French film companies was definitely not enough, and he knew it himself.

The reason why I still borrow so much, in addition to not wanting to pay too high a price, is also because the second share of "The Walking Dead" and the last overseas share of "New York" and the market revenue of offline DVD have been beaten by several partners. Enter the account of Firefly Pictures.There are almost 120 million US dollars.

Of course, Gusta had to pay the bill.

After talking on the phone, Lehman paid 50 million U.S. dollars, and the remaining debt plus interest was close to 75 million. However, Gusta was happy to postpone it for three more months-several collaborations with Firefly Pictures, Lionsgate The market share of the company has improved rapidly, and the profit of the cooperation is high. Lionsgate hopes that Lehman will not return it to hold the shares of Firefly Pictures and deepen the cooperative relationship between the two.

After the funds were ready, Lehman immediately invited Cameron, who also immediately agreed.

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